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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published January 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 44
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "The Giant Who Came to Smallville!"

Characters Superboy
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Stan Kaye ?
Notes based on the cover to Thrilling Wonder Stories, July 1940, also edited by Mort Weisinger.

1 page Binky public service announcement "Home, Sweet Home!"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes inside front cover

12 page Superboy story "The Giant Who Came to Smallville!"

Characters Pa Kent (balding), Ma Kent, Lana Lang
Synopsis An experiment gone awry turns a baby into a giant.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sy Barry
Notes story very similar to "The Giant Turtle Man" in Jimmy Olsen #53

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

9 page Superboy story "The Picture that Stopped Superboy!"

Characters Lana Lang, Henry Slade (intro)
Synopsis A young Smallville student accidentally takes a picture of Clark changing to Superboy.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk?
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes

Half page Quick Quiz activity

Notes puzzle

1 page Peg filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

2 page text article Raising the "Q" Flag

Letters typeset
Notes text page, reprinted from ALL HANDS, Bureau of Naval Personnel

9 page Superboy story "Tommy Tuttle -- Superboy's Pal!"

Characters Lana Lang, Tommy Tuttle (intro), The Crime Professor (intro)
Synopsis Tommy brags about how often he has to help his friend Superboy.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger?
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes